Rodney Hawkins, a producer with CBS News, helped piece together his family’s history and restore a 200-year-old cemetery. The exhibit was presented at AT&T’s downtown headquarters.
Ancestry.com is one popular way to dive into family history. But Dallas journalist Rodney Hawkins says sometimes your own family can provide much more information. He has a new exhibition called "The Mount Experience" at AT&T Headquarters that traces his journey to restore an East Texas cemetery and unlock his family's history.
Rodney Hawkins has a new exhibition called 'The Mount Experience' at AT&T Headquarters that traces his journey to restore an East Texas cemetery and unlock his family's history.
Ancestry.com is one popular way to dive into family history. But Dallas journalist Rodney Hawkins says sometimes your own family can provide much more information. He has a new exhibition called "The Mount Experience" at AT&T Headquarters that traces his journey to restore an East Texas cemetery and unlock his family's history.
Black family works to restore roughly 200-year-old cemetery in Texas to reclaim legacy, honor ancestors
The continuing fight for social justice is giving new life to community efforts to preserve Black cemeteries. Congress is considering legislation that would create a database of burial sites, and provide funding to research and protect them.
This could bolster cemetery restoration projects across the country, including one from CBS News producer Rodney Hawkins, who is embarking on a journey to reclaim his family legacy.
Deep in the piney woods of East Texas, beneath a roughly 200-year-old overgrown cemetery, is Hawkins s family history and a part of America s buried past.